On some level luck is a factor, but usually a candidate’s rise and fall tells a pretty clear story based on choices they made along the way. Hyped candidates with lots of advantages often flame out, underdogs sometimes make their own luck, and both happened this cycle already.https://twitter.com/databyler/status/1201534965999001601 …
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Being seen as the outsider who's against special interests or entrenched institutions can be a huge benefit, it certainly was for Trump in 2016 and gave Sanders momentum versus Clinton. But if that's what you're looking for, Bullock was likely not your first choice.
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If you mean they don't vote on policy specifics around reform, that's another story, seeing as Trump paid zero price for completely abandoning this angle in office and some of those left-wing populist voters went third party, ensuring Citizens United would stay for decades.
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